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At JavaOne: What Microsoft detente?

Okay, so Sun and Microsoft reached a "detente" on Java several months ago. You really wouldn't know it here at the JavaOne conference, where I've just heard a panel describe Indigo as "proprietary" technology compared to the Java Business Integration initiative; where this morning's keynote made no mention of the work Microsoft and Sun are supposedly undertaking to further integrate Java and .Net; and where a Sun MC described tomorrow's Scott McNealy speech as containing new anti-Microsoft barbs. In addition, none of the dozens of technical or birds-of-a-feather sessions specifically refers to Windows or .Net. Maybe Sun's trying too hard to show that there were no strings attached to the $2 billion it received in its settlement with Microsoft? Customers don't care. They have both environments and I'm sure they want lots of info on how to make the two work together. For example: How can Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 be used to build front ends for applications delivered by J2EE servers? UPDATE: There will be a BoF about J2EE/.Net interoperability tonight at 9:30. I'll be there.

Posted on June 28, 2004 at 02:40 PM | Permalink

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